Retail and Shopping
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Dec 19, 2023 2:05 pm - Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the s...
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Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers
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Bloomingdale Chamber hosts a Parade of Gingerbread HousesDec 18, 2023 10:07 pm - The Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Parade of Gingerbread Houses” continues through Jan. 8, 2024. Twenty local businesses and nonprofits display their gingerbread ho...
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Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning
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Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurantsDec 15, 2023 3:28 pm - NEW YORK — Americans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of shoppers despit...
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Deer Park to allow video gambling -- but only at one businessDec 15, 2023 11:26 am - For the first time since they were legalized in Illinois, video gambling machines will be allowed in Deer Park -- but only at a local bowling alley. The village board on ...
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Dom’s Kitchen & Market looks to Vernon Hills as first suburban locationDec 15, 2023 11:01 am - A familiar name in the grocery business and in Vernon Hills wants to return with a new style and offerings tailored to a much different time and consumer habits. The con...
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5 questions that can help guide your holiday tippingDec 15, 2023 6:56 am - Service workers help make our lives easier throughout the year — whether it’s by keeping our lawns immaculate or babysitting during date nights. The holidays are an ideal...
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How to hit a home run when gift shopping for the kids on your listDec 07, 2023 5:00 am - Ah, the Christmas season, the lights, the chestnuts roasting on open fires, the chill in the air, the Salvation Army bells, Frosty and Charlie Brown and Jimmy Stewart an...
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BBB warning: Watch out for holiday delivery scams and 'porch pirate' theftDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Consumers recently wrapped up a holiday weekend of intense online shopping, so their new purchases will be arriving soon, at least that's what they assume. The Better B...